October 28, 2006
This week the boys will forge ahead without Dawn. Tony and Bongo Boy will play several tunes and Cecily Friday will join us to talk about the pending elections.
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This week the boys will forge ahead without Dawn. Tony and Bongo Boy will play several tunes and Cecily Friday will join us to talk about the pending elections.
Mike is reconnecting spiritually in the Smokey Mountains this weekend and the band is away tuning their instruments so Dawn will go go it alone.......well not quite alone. She 'll be joined via phone by Marty Johnston in Mendocino, California a food activist, Marty's passionate about creating a new food ethos in this country. As a Social Artist, Marty's come to see the larger tapestry from which her life experiences have been woven. Join us as we talk of food, rebuilding community and the "mosaic of purpose". Of course, we'll include a sprinkle of poetry and a dash of a musical interlude. Listen in this Saturday morning on-line at radiofreenashville.org, 6am Pacific, 7 am Mountain, 8am Central, and 9am Eastern . Click listen on-line once you get to our site or listen by phone too. (instructions at the website.) And don't' forget to "Wake Up and Live" !
This week joinDawn as she talks with West Coast resident Carol Edmonston about her journey to Sacred Doodling. Carol, a two-time breast cancer conqueror, discovered the depths of doodling nearly ten years ago and has since written two books, developed "Create While You Wait" a guide to doodling and has been reviewed in the New York Times and many mags far and wide. She's even connecting school children across the country via doodles. As usual there will be music by Tony and Bongo Boy.
Amidst the Washington circus this week, it's inspiring to know there are young people here in Nashville in our very midst desirous of making a difference in the world. This week's guests include Nashville youth who attended the tenth anniversary of Peace Jam in Denver, CO recently. Peace Jam is an international youth organization created by Nobel Peach prize laureates. Nashville's youth presented their peace pole project to the leader of Costa Rica. They heard the Dali Lama, Bishop Desmond Tutu along with five female laureates.